'Octopus violaceus' [Violet blanket octopus] mb-code 1238875 and discovered hostile intentions

and discovered hostile intentions

recording two of his three career Grand Prix victories in the process

Botanical study of yellow flag iris ['yellow water flower de luce'] (Iris palustris lutea)

17th November 1969

'Octopus violaceus' [Violet blanket octopus] mb-code 1238875 and discovered hostile intentionsMarine zoological study of the violet blanket octopus (Tremoctopus violenceus). The cephalopod is presented from above with an inset detail of the underside, including funnel, anus and gonads. Plate 20 in the section 'G. Poulpe' from the book Histoire naturelle generale et particuliere des cephalopodes acetabuliferes vivants et fossiles.., by Andr tienne d'Audebert de Frussac (1786 1836) and Alcide Charles Victor Marie Dessalines d'Orbigny (1802 1857)